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LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Comparing LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

Liquid AI · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct trade strengths across price, capabilities, and technical limits. The better choice depends on the workload.

Based on current benchmark, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose LFM2.5-VL-3B

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you are already invested in the NVIDIA ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
Liquid AI
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Context window
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Released
Aug 2026
Oct 2024
License
LFM Open License v1.0
Llama 3.1 Community License

Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

No common benchmarks found

LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Arena Performance

Playground indexes and blind preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

66.9B diff

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has 66.9B more parameters than LFM2.5-VL-3B, making it 2141.1% larger.

Liquid AI
LFM2.5-VL-3B
3.1Bparameters
NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
70.0Bparameters
3.1B
LFM2.5-VL-3B
70.0B
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

LFM2.5-VL-3B supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

LFM2.5-VL-3B can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

LFM2.5-VL-3B is licensed under LFM Open License v1.0, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct uses Llama 3.1 Community License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

LFM Open License v1.0

Open weights

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

LFM2.5-VL-3B was released on 2026-08-12, while Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01.

LFM2.5-VL-3B is 23 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

Aug 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

1.9yr newer
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without LFM2.5-VL-3B's cutoff date.

LFM2.5-VL-3B

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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

LFM2.5-VL-3B
✓ Preferred
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
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FAQ

Common questions about LFM2.5-VL-3B vs Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Which is better, LFM2.5-VL-3B or Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B (Liquid AI) and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct (NVIDIA) each have strengths in different areas. Compare their benchmark scores, pricing, context windows, and capabilities above to determine which fits your needs.

How does LFM2.5-VL-3B compare to Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct in benchmarks?

LFM2.5-VL-3B scores DocVQA: 91.1%, POPE: 88.7%, RefCOCO-avg: 87.9%, TextVQA: 84.3%, OCRBench: 84.2%. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%.

What are the main differences between LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

Key differences include multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (LFM Open License v1.0 vs Llama 3.1 Community License). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes LFM2.5-VL-3B and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct?

LFM2.5-VL-3B is developed by Liquid AI and Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA.

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